India is considering lower import duties on lentils and yellow peas after weak monsoon rainfall tightened the pulse outlook, according to government and industry sources.

Indonesia says buyers from 113 countries and 1,533 domestic exhibitors have registered for Trade Expo Indonesia, running October 14-18 near Jakarta.

The FDA's new model Food Code updates employee illness, cooling, allergen, mobile food, specialty mushroom and food donation provisions for retail and foodservice regulators.

Biotech Open Platform has opened its first industrial biotechnology site in Clermont-Ferrand with more than €20 million invested and fermentation capacity up to 15 cubic metres.

VIV Africa opens October 7-8 in Kigali, with poultry, dairy, feed, animal health, processing and an investment forum spanning the regional value chain.

BinSentry has filed six PCT patent applications covering feed-bin mapping, sensors, cameras and self-cleaning hardware for livestock feed inventory.

Edible Garden has signed a purchase agreement for its Webster City site as it develops a ready-to-drink nutrition platform designed for more than 100 million units a year.

EU-funded AgriFI has committed a $2.5 million convertible note to Tomato Jos for packaging, factory upgrades, irrigation and product expansion.

McCormick reported $2.02 billion in third-quarter sales, up 17.4%, while organic growth was a more modest 1.9%.

Food Agility's October 7 congress in Canberra will bring together agrifood leaders around data, resilience, food security, market access and technology after a decade of applied research.